Pianist Henri-Paul Sicsic’s mission as a teacher of the Art of Music is to serve and teach the music of the great masters and contribute to the safe keeping of its authenticity. 

Sicsic became the first member of the music performance faculty at the University of British Columbia to be awarded the Killam Teaching Prize, one of Canada’s highest academic honours. 

Henri-Paul Sicsic was raised in a cultural environment of teachers, composers and artists in the teacher-student lineage of Chopin, Fauré, and Ravel. While at the Conservatoire de Nice, he studied with Juliette Audibert-Lambert who was a disciple of Alfred Cortot, eminent grand pupil of Chopin, and of  Gabriel Fauré. 

Sicsic also counts Pierre Sancan (First Grand Prix of Rome of Composition) among teachers who brought light to his musical journey. 

John Perry provided him with what Sicsic sees as most invaluable insights in music and beyond. He received boundless inspiration from Professor Perry’s incomparable pedagogical gifts.

His students have distinguished themselves at the national and international levels, earned top prizes and awards at major competitions, Fulbright and Canada Council grants, and teach at universities in the U. S., Canada and abroad. 

Henri-Paul Sicsic has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Pasadena Philharmonic, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, among others. His performances have been aired in New York City on WQXR radio, on the National French classical radio program “France Musique” in other major centers in the U.S. and on the C.B.C. in Canada. 

At the Conservatoire de Nice, France, Sicsic was awarded a first prize with honours in piano, a first prize in chamber music, and a conducting diploma.  As a pianist, he also received a first prize at the Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice Competition and was a winner of the Royaume de la Musique (Music Kingdom)  National Radio Competition in France. 

Sicsic taught at Rice University as the associate of eminent artist-teacher John Perry. He was a member of the piano faculty at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver for thirteen years. He was then appointed to the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.